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How “nintendo” trended on Hacker News

“Nintendo” was mentioned 27,948 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Apr 2023 with 584 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “nintendo” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “nintendo”

1. 1.Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video] 942 points · 539 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died [pdf] 937 points · 179 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu 903 points · 680 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] 781 points · 975 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii 749 points · 215 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch 744 points · 359 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Blog hosted on a Nintendo Wii 622 points · 104 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii 590 points · 75 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Inside the Super Nintendo cartridges 548 points · 153 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console 542 points · 262 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020) 533 points · 481 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.4M in damages 533 points · 382 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN

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